JAM! SHOWBIZ
Thursday, October 5th, 2000
Jimmy Fallon is taking a desk job.
The "Saturday Night Live" comedian and the show's head writer, Tina Fey, are going to team up to take over the "Weekend Update" skit for departing comedian Colin Quinn, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The two will be the first "SNL" co-anchors since Mary Gross and Brian Doyle-Murray in 1982 and Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd in the early years of the show.
Fey starred with Rachel Dratch, an "SNL" cast member, in a show at Manhattan's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater during the summer.
Fallon is best known for playing Sully opposite Dratch on "SNL" and for impersonating famous "SNL" alumni member Adam Sandler.
Past "Weekend Update" anchors have included Quinn, Norm MacDonald and Dennis Miller.
The 26th season of "SNL" begins this weekend. It will be hosted by Rob Lowe ("The West Wing"); the musical guest will be rapper Eminem.